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by testing22321 208 days ago
My understanding is that it also ignores quality of service limits.

So if have have a tiny bit of signal it determines the quality of the call will be too bad and doesn’t connect a regular call. With emergency calls it does.

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Perhaps so. The trend is definitely for emergency calls to be handled very rudimentarily.

And an unworkable call to 911 that at least connects is better than one that does not.

In the first case, it's possible that a 911 PSAP operator might get a hint that help is needed by someone -- somewhere. It may even be good enough to get a vague idea of where the person is, and which phone it is that is calling.

And that may not sound like much, but it's way, way better than in the latter case, wherein: It is certain that the PSAP will know nothing at all.

(Some data is better than no data.)

Correct.

I worked at a telco for 4 years. I didn’t work on 911 directly, just some billing/address stuff related to it.

It was VERY important